By Cate Marquis
In the years just before World War I at the start of the 20th century, British women had been campaigning peacefully for the right to vote for about 50 years, to no avail. When aristocrat Emmeline Pankhurst, along with her daughters, joined this struggle and formed the Women’s Social and Political Union (Wspu), all that changed. The label “suffragettes” originated as an insult but the Wspu embraced the term as they took to the streets in violent protest to force government to give women the vote.
This nearly-forgotten struggle is the subject of Suffragette. The bold, emotionally-raw and worthy drama focuses more narrowly on a particular moment in that movement for women’s suffrage in Britain. While Emmeline Pankhurst, played by Meryl Streep, is a character in this story, the real focus of Suffragette is on some of her followers, “foot soldiers” in this fight – Maud (Carey Mulligan...
In the years just before World War I at the start of the 20th century, British women had been campaigning peacefully for the right to vote for about 50 years, to no avail. When aristocrat Emmeline Pankhurst, along with her daughters, joined this struggle and formed the Women’s Social and Political Union (Wspu), all that changed. The label “suffragettes” originated as an insult but the Wspu embraced the term as they took to the streets in violent protest to force government to give women the vote.
This nearly-forgotten struggle is the subject of Suffragette. The bold, emotionally-raw and worthy drama focuses more narrowly on a particular moment in that movement for women’s suffrage in Britain. While Emmeline Pankhurst, played by Meryl Streep, is a character in this story, the real focus of Suffragette is on some of her followers, “foot soldiers” in this fight – Maud (Carey Mulligan...
- 11/6/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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